WEBVTT E PROCESSION MAKES IT WAY DOWNMAIN STREET TO HIS FINAL RESTINGPLACE.THE BUNTING AND MOURNING BANNERIS IN PLACE AT OAK HILL.YOUNG PEOPLE PREPARE THE THREEMILE ROUTE FROM WYOMING HIGHSCHOOL, WHERE FUNERAL SERVICESWILL BE HELD.THEY TIED A RIBBON ON EVERY TREEAND TELEPHONE POLE ALONGSPRINGFIELD PIKE.FLAGS HAVE BEEN LOWERED TOHALF-STAFF AND SIGNS OF SYMPATHYPOSTED.PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY CALL ITA FITTING AND COMFORTING TRIBUTETO A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD A LOT OFPOTENTIAL.>> WHEN YOU HERE HIS SPEECH AS-- YOU HERE IS SPEECH --EARHIS SPEECH AS SALUTATORIAN ANDYOU HEAR HYMNS WEEK ABOUT WHEREWE ARE GOING, AND WHERE WE AREGOING TO BE, AND WHAT WE AREGOING TO DO, IT IS SOMEWHATFORETELLING.IT BRINGS THE PIECE.THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME PEACEIT BRINGS ME PEACE.THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME PEACEABOUT OTTO.RICHARD: THE PROCESSION WILLWYOMING BEFORE CROSSING INTOWOODLAWN AND GLENDALE AND THENFINALLY THROUGH THESE GATEGLENDALE POLICE OFFICER STEPHENCORDISH WILL BE PART OF THEDETAIL AS OTTO WARMBIER TRAVELSHIS FINAL MILE.HE SAYS SECURING THIS FAREWELLWILL BE A BITTER SWEET DUTY.MRS WADDS AND HER FAMILY SAYTHERE IS NO PLACE ELSE THEYWOULD BE, EXCEPT ALONG THE SIDEOF THE ROAD WATCHING, AS OTTO

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Midday traffic will be stopped along Springfield Pike as Warmbier is laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery in Glendale. Thousands are expected to line the road as the procession makes the 3-mile journey.

Wyoming High School students tied a ribbon on every tree and telephone pole along the route the funeral procession will travel.

Flags have been lowered to half-staff, and signs of sympathy have been posted.

People in the community are calling it a fitting and comforting tribute to a young man who had a lot of potential.

"When you hear his speech as salutatorian and you hear him speak about where we're going, and where we're going to be and what we're going to do, it is somewhat foretelling. It brings me peace. That's what brings me peace about Otto," said Lauren Wadds the mother of Wyoming High School graduates.

The procession will travel through the heart of Wyoming before crossing into Woodlawn and Glendale.

Glendale Officer Stephen Cordes will be a part of the detail securing the route.

"We know it will be busy, and we know it will be quite long," he said.

Cordes said this farewell will be a bitter sweet duty. "It's heartbreaking to see the family. But it will be uplifting to see the number of people turning out", the former Wyoming patrolman said.

Wadds and her family said there is no place else they would be, except along the side of the road watching, as Warmbier completed his journey home.

Wadds said, "We're here for them. We'll always be there for them. I'm proud to be a member of this Wyoming community."

The funeral begins at 9 a.m. at Wyoming High School and is open to the public. The burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.

The Warmbier family has requested that media not bring cameras inside the high school or cemetery, and instead report from outside.